1971 GMC Donald

[mxerhale]

I wasn't sure I wanted to put this build up, but hopefully my trials and tribulations help someone else that is working on a similar project!

It's a '71 GMC 1500 that I bought in hopes of building into a good handling, fast and fun driver that won't cost a small fortune. My wife and son sort of liked it when I called it Donald one day while tearing it apart, saying that it was big and orange, a little crusty, and was going to eventually be a bit on the loud side and thus its name became official. The picture is from the day that I had it dropped off in my driveway, it hadn't been registered since 1983 and had a bent lower control arm from some sort of curb hopping incident I suspect.

Full disclaimer, I got it to the point of driving before starting this thread... I didn't want to be one of those dudes that starts a sweet looking build and then quits posting halfway through.